Top 15 Beauty Startup Investors in Australia
A list of 15 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Beauty startups based in Australia. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Beauty companies from Australia. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Beauty Startup Investors in Australia
Investor | Beauty Australia investments |
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Adam Schwab | 3 |
Hezi Leibovich | 2 |
Point King Capital | 2 |
Gabby Leibovich | 2 |
Jeremy Same | 2 |
Bosco Tan | 1 |
Blackbird Ventures | 1 |
Archangel Ventures | 1 |
OIF Ventures | 1 |
Alice Wells | 1 |
Aura Ventures | 1 |
Leigh Oliver | 1 |
Melbourne Angels | 1 |
EverYi Capital | 1 |
Alita Sales | 1 |
Adam Schwab, 36, studied Law/Commerce at Monash University before becoming a corporate lawyer specialising in mergers & acquisitions at Freehills (now HerbertSmithFreehills). At 25, Adam co-founded corporate accommodation and services group, Living Corporate Apartments. In 2010, Adam co-founded what would soon become the Lux Group. In2011, Adam co-founded of MyTable, which eventually formed part of Menulog (which was sold to JustEat in 2015). Adam is currently an investor and non-executive director of online art marketplace, BlueThumb.com.au.In 2015, Adam was named the Australian Young Executive of the Year by CEO Magazine, and Adam has been a director of the Myeloma Foundation of Australia since 2010.
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Investment focus
- Wellness, Software, Art
- Seed, Angel, Series C
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Bookwell — Book your haircut, waxing, nail and other appointments online. Browse venues, make a selection then book and pay online.
- Officely — Ensure your team are safe and productive when they get back to the office after COVID-19
- Healthengine — Find and book health appointments online, 24/7. View all available appointments in your local area and choose a time and place that suits you.
Serial entrepreneur and investor
Founded some of Australia’s most successful B2C companies. Over $500m in exits in the last 5 years.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Apps, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
- Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.
Point King Capital offers long term growth equity to founders and entrepreneurs of global consumer and financial services companies. PKC has an extensive operating experience in the consumer and financial services sectors, as well as access to a global network of operating experts and business leaders. They invest in a ‘deal by deal basis’,allowing greater flexibility to structure a transaction that aligns with the objectives of founders.
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Investment focus
- Wellness, Beauty, Pet
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Australia, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Genexa — Genexa believes in making medicine with the same active ingredients you need but without the artificial ones you don't. Discover real medicine, made clean.
- Lyka Pet Food — Life-changing dog food. Real food. Gently cooked. Delivered.
- Atelier — Atelier is a cloud manufacturing platform for the development and scaling of beauty, health and wellness supply chains. We are the rails for manufacturing!
Gabby Leibovich is the co-founder and managing director at Catch.com.au.
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Investment focus
- Apps, FinTech, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Flippa — Buy & Sell Online Businesses on the Flippa marketplace.
- Flux — Flux helps you win at money. Save money and win cash prizes. Get exclusive content. Make your credit score healthier. All free.
- Slyp — Ping Data creates a smart receipt that links receipts to customers through their bank account and banking apps.
Jeremy Same co-founded AussieCommerce in 2010. Jeremy Same began his career as a credit trader at ANZ Investment Bank in 2002, then departed in late 2003. He co-founded Living Corporate Apartments and serves as its Director. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director of BigThanks.com.au and Sames.com.au. He was Founder and Managing Director ofMyTable, an online takeaway ordering platform, before exiting the business in 2012 in a sale to EatNow, to create Australia’s fastest growing food ordering website. He is also a dedicated amateur guitarist - much to the delight of his neighbours. He serves as Executive Director of AussieCommerce.
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Investment focus
- Art, Beauty, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Bookwell — Book your haircut, waxing, nail and other appointments online. Browse venues, make a selection then book and pay online.
- Bluethumb — Buy original art direct from Australia's leading artists. Find Abstract, Nature, Aboriginal, Pop, Nude art & more. Free shipping & free returns. Thousands of artworks & paintings for sale.
Bosco Tan
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Payments
- Seed, Funding Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Stables — Save, spend and earn on the same balance
- Hello Clever — Powering PayID and PayTo real-time payments for e-commerce, billers, and businesses, with instant cashback rewards for their customers
- Hello Clever — Powering PayID and PayTo real-time payments for e-commerce, billers, and businesses, with instant cashback rewards for their customers
Blackbird is a venture capital fund based in Australia and New Zealand. We invest in every type of technology from software to space, unified by the biggest of ambitions.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Redactive — Redactive developer platform eliminates the need for developers to acquire, implement, and maintain specialized data engineering knowledge. This enables to build scalable and secure AI-enhanced applications for customers or productivity use cases for employees more efficiently.
- Aquila — We're powering the future by building and operating an infinitely scalable energy network.
- Vertus Energy — We innovate to make fossil natural gas extinct.
Archangel is an early stage venture capital fund based in Australia. We work with great founders and investors to build game changing companies together.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Marketing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Australia, Philippines, United States
Portfolio highlights
- iion — iion the only unified game advertising platform that unites brands and game publishers. Engage gamers, monetize effectively, and unlock infinite opportunities across gaming environments.
- Doohly — Avoid the mundane and complex way of managing your digital signage content - take advantage of Doohly's software and APIs to create, schedule and manage your digital signage.
- Switchboard — Switchboard is the fastest, easiest, most affordable way to integrate your supply chain and connect to all of your customers and suppliers. We can connect any supply chain system, including managing EDI.
OIF is a venture capital firm focusing on partnering with entrepreneurs building businesses.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Internet
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- LinkBy — Linkby turns content into sales and connects high quality content creators with premium advertisers. Make your brand famous with cost-per-click press releases.
- Bridgit — Bridgit is an Australian privately owned non-bank lender. At Bridgit, it is our mission to revolutionise property financing and offer Australians a solution that helps them progress in life, without any of the red tape. When it comes to buying property it can be very competitive and difficult to find the perfect home, a Bridgit loan is a greatoption for homeowners who want to buy on their terms by finding their next home without having to sell first. Through the use of technology we make it easy, with a 5 minute online application, same day approval and no monthly repayments you can focus on the important things.It is all about giving hard working Australians the opportunity to make progress in their lives, without the hold backs.
- DataMasque — Simply mask your sensitive data while maintaining its function for testing, development, training and analytics. DataMasque makes it safe to explore, implement and harness the opportunities that data provides, free from privacy concerns or compromise.
Alice has extensive experience in private equity and corporate advisory services including business sales, acquisitions, capital raising, and recapitalisations with exposure to Asia, North American, and European corporate finance markets. She has a strong track record in identifying, assessing, and executing a range of transactions across fashion,healthcare, FMCG agriculture, and technology / software sectors.
Alice has expertise in business valuation, due diligence, negotiation, deal structuring, and deal execution.
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Investment focus
- Beauty, Manufacturing
- Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Koala Eco — Eco-friendly, natural, plant-based cleaning products. Made with Australian essential oils. Australian Made.
Aura Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm backing the creators of category defining technology companies
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- GAMURS Group — GAMURS Group is a leading gaming, esports, and entertainment media network - we own and operate a network of digital publications and social media communities.
- VycoLend — The first decentralized Crypto money market built on BTC with advanced security features for pro traders
- Hatch — Find roles and teams where you can make an impact. Match with intern, entry-level, junior and mid-level jobs based on your skills and values, not your CV.
Leigh Oliver (Sydney) joined KKR in 2013 and is focused on investment opportunities in Australia and New Zealand. He is actively involved in KKR's investments in Bis Industries and Sundrop Farms and currently serves on the board of directors of both companies. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Oliver spent six years in the private equity team at TheCarlyle Group in Sydney. Prior to Carlyle, he worked in the investment banking division of J.P.Morgan in Sydney, and prior to that at Ernst & Young. Mr. Oliver is a CFA Charterholder, a Chartered Accountant and holds a B.A. of Commerce from the University of Queensland.
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Investment focus
- Beauty, Manufacturing
- Series A
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Koala Eco — Eco-friendly, natural, plant-based cleaning products. Made with Australian essential oils. Australian Made.
Melbourne Angels was formed in Melbourne, Australia in early 2007. Melbourne Angels is the leading group of private investors in Victoria who actively invest in early stage and growth technology companies.The group has a strong and experienced core of members that generate deal flow, are experienced in evaluation of business propositions and actas mentors for the other members and the entrepreneurs. The members vary in age, gender, ethnicity, profession and type of experience. All members have experience of success at being entrepreneurial.This award winning group is consistently one of the most active startup investors in the country.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Angel, Seed, Funding Round
- Australia, United States, New Zealand
Portfolio highlights
- Insite AI — We create predictability for consumer brands in the unpredictable world of retail. Game-changing technology that attacks consumer brands' hardest problems.
- Apop Imaging — Apop Imaging develops and commercialises novel imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic tools to improve patient outcomes based on our proprietary calcitonin receptor antibody technology.
- Alkira Software — Deliver interactive content and answer customer queries at scale using conversational AI. TalkVia offers quick and easy NO CODE voice and chat solutions for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and web based chatbots.
EverYi Capital is a consumer-focused private equity firm.
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Beauty, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- China, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Mistine — Mistine provides beauty products designed for asian women.
- ELECTRO X — ELECTRO X is an online food platform that offers sports and health drink that uses natural soda water and flavor-free electrolyte drinks.
- Yellow Swan Edible Fresh Eggs — Yellow Swan Edible Fresh Eggs is a domestic raw-edible egg enterprise. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Alita Sales is a sales and distribution company specializing in selling and distributing health and beauty brands to pharmacies.
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Investment focus
- Beauty, Manufacturing, Personal Health
- Corporate Round
- Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Baresop. — Eco-friendly skin and body care products made from organic, plant-based ingredients. Shop our range of natural personal care products today.
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